Super Powers

I have a special affinity for super heroes.  I have many memories that have little bits and pieces of super heroes mixed in.  I remember going to the mall just to be out of a small apartment in New Hampshire and only having a few dollars to spend.  Ian would be in the stroller and I would just walk to get my mind off whatever the medical issue of the day was.  We would always end up at KayBee Toys.  I could buy an action figure for 3 or 4 dollars, less if they were having a sale, and he would light up like I'd just bought him a pony.  He had a super hero birthday party complete with costumes, tug-of-war and parade down the street.

When he got his own bedroom in our house in Texas, it was to be a super hero room.  That was before there was any hero merchandise to be found.  I had to make everything.  It was a great adventure for my creativity.  Those characters--caricatures if you will, made him laugh.  They helped his imagination and communication center heal.  They also gave him a safe, alternative universe where differences were revered.

I've seen more episodes of super hero cartoons than most people and slept through several full-length movies.  I guess what I'm saying is that I don't have a grudge and I'm not completely ignorant either.  I do have a feeling though about the fairly recent flood of super hero and fantasy/fairy tale options in our media today.  Some might say that it's reaching, but I don't think so.

People--(adults, I'm primarily talking about because a lot of it is very adult, even R or Mature rated) are drawn in to these themes because they are very sly tools of Satan.  WHAT?  Did I just say that?  Here's my take:  Something inside us--our spirit, already knows about special powers and miraculous things.  Walking on water is a good example.

I believe Satan has colluded with Syndrome from the Incredibles and is working as the great counterfeiter  to make us believe, "When everyone is super, then no one will be."  If magic and fantasy and people with special powers (Even fictional ones) are so commonplace around us, it lessens the greatness of the Savior, who is the only true Superhero.  That's his goal right?

And these days even the superhero doesn't always do the right thing. I didn't see it myself--couldn't bring myself to because "Batman is better than Superman" but I heard that in Man of Steel, Superman kills the guy in the end.  Doesn't sound good to me.

Jesus is the only real super hero.  He, not Hercules, is the only man to be born literally of a God and I really truly believe that He takes a hit every time somebody else gets credit for supernatural things. Superheroes are entertaining.  Like I said, they have a very dear place in my life.  They need to be kept within certain parameters. With certain understandings.  If Christ came today and we saw what he could do on the news or the internet, would our initial reaction be that they used special effects or CGI or cut the tape in creative editing?  I think we need to be careful.  Just saying.